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How to submit suspected viruses to Microsoft?
This article describes how to submit suspected viruses to Microsoft.
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Compress the suspected viruses in an archive [Stuffit, WinRAR], and then submit the archive to the following e-mail address:
onecare@submit.microsoft.com
To do this, follow these steps:
1. In Windows Explorer, right-click a blank area in an open folder or on the desktop, point to New, and then click Compressed (zipped) Folder.
2. Type fn-virus.zip for the new compressed folder name, and then press ENTER.
3. Drag the suspected viruses into the archive just as you would drag them into a Windows folder. [Folder Lock, Decrypt Folder]
4. Double-click the zipped folder to open it.
5. On the File menu, click Add a Password. [Office Password Recovery, Computer Administrator Password Recovery]
6. In the Password box, type infected.
7. In the Confirm Password box, retype infected again.
8. Compose a new e-mail message by using any e-mail program that lets you attach files to the message.
9. In the To line, type the following e-mail address:
onecare@submit.microsoft.com
10. In the Subject line, type the following subject:
False Negative: Virus
11. In the body of the message, include the following information:
- Any details about why you think the file is a virus or some other potentially malicious software
- Any information about where you might have downloaded this file
- Any information about what the virus name might be and about whether another application detected the unwanted software
12. Attach to the message the fn-virus.zip archive file that you created in step 2.
13. Send the message. [Address Magic Personal Plus, eMail Backup, eMail Server]
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Compress the suspected viruses in an archive [Stuffit, WinRAR], and then submit the archive to the following e-mail address:
onecare@submit.microsoft.com
To do this, follow these steps:
1. In Windows Explorer, right-click a blank area in an open folder or on the desktop, point to New, and then click Compressed (zipped) Folder.
2. Type fn-virus.zip for the new compressed folder name, and then press ENTER.
3. Drag the suspected viruses into the archive just as you would drag them into a Windows folder. [Folder Lock, Decrypt Folder]
4. Double-click the zipped folder to open it.
5. On the File menu, click Add a Password. [Office Password Recovery, Computer Administrator Password Recovery]
6. In the Password box, type infected.
7. In the Confirm Password box, retype infected again.
8. Compose a new e-mail message by using any e-mail program that lets you attach files to the message.
9. In the To line, type the following e-mail address:
onecare@submit.microsoft.com
10. In the Subject line, type the following subject:
False Negative: Virus
11. In the body of the message, include the following information:
- Any details about why you think the file is a virus or some other potentially malicious software
- Any information about where you might have downloaded this file
- Any information about what the virus name might be and about whether another application detected the unwanted software
12. Attach to the message the fn-virus.zip archive file that you created in step 2.
13. Send the message. [Address Magic Personal Plus, eMail Backup, eMail Server]
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